McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs 1st Edition

American English if full of phrasal verbs, preposition verbs, and phrasal-prepositional verbs that can drive non-English speakers crazy. The price of this book, as advertised (about $14), if worth the investment for the wealth of information you get about american idioms and phrases. However, you do not learn the language by sitting on, or putting the book under your pillow. You have to use it! Nothing replaces active reading, writting, and speaking the language.The text has two sections: the dictionary, and the phrase-Finder Index. These two and the earnerst desire to communicate in English will take you far.Kuddos to Richard for putting such a wonderful publication for the benefit of many.PS: English is my second language.

Great condition, very well packaged and delivered on time.

This book provides a perfect collection of the day-to-day useful expressions. Very useful!

this book is a little too extensive. For someone looking to learn idioms and prominent phrasal verbs this book is too overwhelming. Wading through thousands of entries without knowing which are relatively more prevalent than others is a less than optimal allocation of one's time and resources. Perhaps a way of rating and sorting entries by their importance and prevalence would have helped a lot!

A lot of people, like me, do not read the product description carefully. I thought this dictionary would be on the smaller side. But now that I received it I see that this is NOT a "pocket dictionary" by any means Check the dimensions (I did not). Here they are:Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.5 x 9.9 inchesShipping Weight: 3.6 poundsIt is quite heavy, since it is over 1,000 pages!All that being said, as an ESL teacher, I can honestly say I have never seen a more comprehensive phrasal verb/idiom dictionary. It is a great dictionary for people who need to learn phrasal verbs and idioms.

I was looking for such reference for long!!!

This book is one of the most comprehensive I've ever seen when it comes to Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. It gives not only the explanation about the listed terms, but also includes usage examples. At the end of the book, there is a reference index which helps to find any expression contained in there. If you know at least one word from the phrase you are looking for, then you may find it listed and then you just go to the proper page for the necessary details. If you are a language learner or simply a language lover, it is a book that you should have on your shelf.

Not enough being so complete with more than 24.000 entries, the phrasal verbs and idioms are very well organized. Information is also precise and well presented, with plenty of real usage examples. The Phrase Finder, at the end, is very useful for a more complete and objective search. The printing, the paper and the cover are very good also, making this book a good choice for people willing to expand vocabulary and comprehension of contemporary American English.